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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. William Hubbard was the pastor of the Congregational church located where?
(a) Salem, MA.
(b) Ipswich, MA.
(c) New York, NY.
(d) Boston, MA.

2. What word means "shaman" in the language of the Narragansett?
(a) Pagoda.
(b) Tipi.
(c) Powwaw.
(d) Wigwam.

3. In the 1670s the powwaws of many tribes encouraged war in order to do what?
(a) Preserve the Indian way of life.
(b) Purify their blood.
(c) Eradicate the colonists.
(d) Appease the gods.

4. Eliot emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, arriving on November 3 of what year?
(a) 1647.
(b) 1642.
(c) 1616.
(d) 1631.

5. The colonists lost about how many men in the Great Swamp Fight?
(a) 70.
(b) 59.
(c) 67.
(d) 25.

6. According to the author, accounts of King Philip's War that were apocalyptic, with some being sermons, were mostly printed where?
(a) New York.
(b) Boston and Cambridge.
(c) London and New York.
(d) London and Paris.

7. Where was John Sassamon born?
(a) Near current New York, NY.
(b) Near current Canton, MA.
(c) Near current Boston, MA.
(d) Near current Washington, D.C.

8. What book did William Hubbard write at the order of the Colonial government, which paid him 50 pounds for it?
(a) An Account of the Great Swamp Battle.
(b) A History of New England.
(c) A History of England.
(d) A History of the Northwest.

9. Who served as governor of Plymouth Colony from 1673 to 1680?
(a) Richard Callicot.
(b) John Alderman.
(c) Josiah Winslow.
(d) William Hubbard.

10. The first English settlers arrived in what year, when Sassamon's parents may have welcomed them?
(a) 1664.
(b) 1610.
(c) 1622.
(d) 1630.

11. How many accounts of King Philip's War represent several types of writing aimed at different audiences, according to the author in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?
(a) 12.
(b) 21.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

12. What is the name of an Algonquian Native American tribe from Rhode Island?
(a) The Pocomtuc tribe.
(b) The Mohegan tribe.
(c) The Nipmuc tribe.
(d) The Narragansett tribe.

13. What were the villages of Christian Indians called?
(a) White towns.
(b) Praying towns.
(c) Bible towns.
(d) Red towns.

14. Where was Nathaniel Saltonstall born?
(a) Ipswich, MA.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Cambridge, MA.
(d) Boston, MA.

15. Passaconaway is said to have died in what year?
(a) 1679.
(b) 1721.
(c) 1685.
(d) 1677.

Short Answer Questions

1. Increase Mather was the youngest of how many brothers?

2. According to the author, the colonists thought the powwaws received their orders from whom?

3. One house, known as what, was burnt in King Philip's War but was rebuilt shortly thereafter near downtown Medfield, Massachusetts?

4. What is a Protestant theological system and an approach to the Christian life and was advanced by several theologians such as Martin Bucer, Heinrich Bullinger, Peter Martyr Vermigli, and Huldrych Zwingli?

5. The most standard narratives of King Philip's War were published where, according to the author in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?

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